By Omar Sohail
Publication Date: 2026-08-09 11:55:00
Windows 11 and its apps being RAM guzzlers isn’t a surprising revelation, but Microsoft has committed to making the OS as efficient as possible for systems housing 8GB of RAM. Unfortunately, that progress is yet to be witnessed as the company’s Weather app can consume a chock-full of memory. This is exceptionally frustrating for those who are trying to find ways to make Windows 11 work with a minimum amount of RAM or those who don’t know their way around the platform.
The Weather app in macOS consumes five times less memory and isn’t riddled with ads, Windows 11’s app can sometimes reach 1.6GB of usage
In addition to hogging a ton of system RAM when performing the most basic of tasks, Windows 11’s Weather also throws a ton of ads in your direction since Windows Latest has found that the app is nothing more than MSN adware. Upon first release, we noticed that Weather’s memory usage immediately jumps to 1GB, then settles down around 600MB…
